Hell-billies of Chestnut Ridge (An October Halloween Spectacular!)

Warning: Some content may be upsetting to the abnormally sensitive*
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We recently caught a viewing of this bit engaging documentary - "The incredible story of one of the more bizarre places in America!"... "The terrifying, true story!"... "The first feature film to document this hotbed of paranormal activity!"... "hair covered man-apes... monstrously large birds... upright-walking canine creatures... mysterious lights in the forest... UFO's that wreak havoc on the local populace... 'Invasion On Chestnut Ridge' is a "cocktail of weirdness!" ... So go the  promotional superlatives.

We can't attest to all the supernatural, paranormal nor extraterrestrial activity... but... having grown-up and lived here for many years (the "Ridge" is pretty much our back yard), and being fully familiar of the local populace of the heights and hollows, we can corroborate a "cocktail of weirdness" as fact (come to think of it, we're familiar with a few hair covered man-apes as well). And we do claim witness to a black panther sighting. The creature crossed our path while traversing the 'Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail (LHHT)' quite a few years back.

But now, for the first time, we are releasing footage of our own horrifying ridge encounter. Caught on video! Words cannot describe what happens within the dark, deep recesses of the backwoods Ridge!:

Lost Footage

(Running time: 2min. (approx.)

A bit of nonsensical fun with an old film outtake. We have quire a few - several climbing falls, MTB crashes, boat flips, filming miscues - a bit funny stuff. (Rob) Goodman had been badgering me for a few years to put 'em all together in sequence. I put this clip together and once he viewed it he never bothered me about it again. Actually did start to go thru and sort out that stuff for 'em. Unfortunately, he's no longer around.

So why is he dropping his drawers behind a log in the middle of the woods to begin with you ask? That outtake is from the 'Backcountry' MTB video (available for viewing a few posts back). Filming took place throughout the Fall seasons over a period of two years. Temperatures were up and down - low 40F's thru high 70F's. He kept showin' up dressed for the days weather - short pants or long tights. This created a bit of a continuity issue for editing. We tried to work around it by including a shot of 'em changin' pants. Immediately upon viewing the footage everyone's comment was "looks like you guys are makin' 'Deliverance'." So that was the end of that notion. Didn't work, anyway. A bit of a take on the old film, Blair Witch Project, of the time

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Any Rob Zombie has got to include the visuals:

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Encore: Alice Cooper - one from a classic album from back in the day:

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If ya' wanted to piss off the "old folks" (or "disco folks" for that matter) back in the day just turn-up the Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath and such. You could watch their socks rollin' up and down. Lent a copy of Cheech and Chongs Big Bambu album (with the included giant "rolling paper") to a gal once. She called me the next day and said that her dad had "accidentally" sat on it and broke it. Figured that the reaction alone was worth the $10.

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We'll dedicate this post to these two guys. Figure that by now they've linked up and have at least put up a few routes on the amber yardangs of Venus in their ventures throughout the cosmos

*Subsequently, should any images or content disappear, ya' know why.